I leave Seville 3rd March 2025 and finish in Santiago on Easter Sunday

[Donald Sinclair]

Hi all, well my plans are starting to get there.
After a couple of days in Granada, Cordoba and Seville, I am hoping to leave Seville 3rd March. I know the weather can be iffy.
What concerns me if I keep to my schedule, is I land in Santiago smack bang Easter Sunday.
The holiest city on the holiest day!
Is this madness?

 

[Robo]

Hi all, well my plans are starting to get there.
After a couple of days in Granada, Cordoba and Seville, I am hoping to leave Seville 3rd March. I know the weather can be iffy.
What concerns me if I keep to my schedule, is I land in Santiago smack bang Easter Sunday.
The holiest city on the holiest day!
Is this madness?

Maybe. If you want a bed.

Perhaps once you are about 3 weeks out from Santiago you would know when you are likely to arrive and could book a bed?

 

[Peregrinopaul]

Y

Hi all, well my plans are starting to get there.
After a couple of days in Granada, Cordoba and Seville, I am hoping to leave Seville 3rd March. I know the weather can be iffy.
What concerns me if I keep to my schedule, is I land in Santiago smack bang Easter Sunday.
The holiest city on the holiest day!
Is this madness?

Book Hostal Forest on BCom NOW. It’s a nice old hostal very close to the Cathedral. I’ve stayed there twice.

 

[Sirage]

Book Hostal Forest on BCom NOW.

Do you want to be that constrained with a rigid timeline?

 

[Donald Sinclair]

Y

Book Hostal Forest on BCom NOW. It’s a nice old hostal very close to the Cathedral. I’ve stayed there twice.

Looks good @Peregrinopaul .
I will keep in mind.

 

[Donald Sinclair]

Do you want to be that constrained with a rigid timeline?

It's a hard one @Sirage .
I won't book anything until I have the plane tickets in my hand, but given the timing I may need to take a punt.
I can always cancel.

 

[C clearly]

I won't book anything until I have the plane tickets in my hand, but given the timing I may need to take a punt.
I can always cancel.

I would strongly recommend this!

 

[TravellingMan22]

Indeed. I book lots of different dates with cancellation policies. So I am holding three different nights (as single night bookings) in Seville in April to start the VDLP. I will cancel 2 of the 3 in line with the cancellation policy.

 

[henrythedog]

Hi all, well my plans are starting to get there.
After a couple of days in Granada, Cordoba and Seville, I am hoping to leave Seville 3rd March. I know the weather can be iffy.
What concerns me if I keep to my schedule, is I land in Santiago smack bang Easter Sunday.
The holiest city on the holiest day!
Is this madness?

Santiago isn’t the ‘holiest city’

It’ll be great. It may be a little cool sleeping outside, but you’ll be fine.

 

[Samos]

Holy Week is one of the most amazing times to be walking a Camino in Spain - once you have your timeline set, I would try to stay at least one night in larger city to experience one of the larger processions...we were able to book an airbnb (that was very reasonably priced) that was right on the procession route in Leon and we watched it from our balcony - amazing! You might not get much sleep, but wow it is worth it. In a smaller town we got invited for a private tour of the floats and the lady showed us some that were very old and told us the history of many of them - just priceless experiences!

 

[JulieAdelaide]

I’d certainly book something as expect it would be very busy and beds hard to find

 

[Mallowman]

Hi all, well my plans are starting to get there.
After a couple of days in Granada, Cordoba and Seville, I am hoping to leave Seville 3rd March. I know the weather can be iffy.
What concerns me if I keep to my schedule, is I land in Santiago smack bang Easter Sunday.
The holiest city on the holiest day!
Is this madness?

Hope to see you on the trail. I am starting on the 3rd of Mar 25 also.

 

[Donald Sinclair]

Hope to see you on the trail. I am starting on the 3rd of Mar 25 also.

Absolutely @Mallowman
I will reach out closer to the time.

 

[WalkingInGers]

The way my planning is showing…departure from Sevilla around March 30th.

 

[NualaOC]

My niece and I spent Easter weekend 2022 in Santiago. It was very crowded, but good fun and an interesting cultural experience. I've mixed views about the 'holiness' piece, but we all find our own meanings around that.

Everyone we met had booked their Santiago accommodation in advance. The city was full of tourists, as well as pilgrims. I'd strongly recommend booking somewhere, with the option to cancel a week or so beforehand.

The crowds on the trail (especially from Sarria) prepared us for the crowds in Santiago.
Might be more of a shock to the system if you're coming from Ourense!

Happy planning and Buen Camino.
Nuala